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Psychological Disorders

Casey, Nell (editor)

Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression (2002)

 Danquah, Meri Nana-Ama

Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression (1999)

Endler, Norman

Holiday of Darkness: A Psychologist's Personal Journey Out of His Depression (1990)

Foster Green, Michael

Schizophrenia Revealed: From Neurons to Social Interactions (2003)

Frith, Uta

Autism: Explaining the Enigma (2003)

Grandin, Temple

Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life With Autism (1996)

Hare, Robert

Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us (1999)
Snakes in Suits (2007)

Hornbacher, Marya

Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (1999)

Jamison, Kay Redfield 

An Unquiet Mind (1997)

Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide (1999)
Listen to Kay Redfield Jamison being interviewed by Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air (1/5/2001).

Kaysen, Susanna 

Girl Interrupted (1994)

Lykken, David

The Antisocial Personalities(1995)

Manning, Martha

Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface (1996)

Nasar, Sylvia

A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash (2001)
-- Listen to Sylvia Nasar's interview with NPR's Terry Gross (1/24/2002). -- Listen to mathematician Keith Devlin talk with NPR's Susan Stamberg "about the life and work of the award-winning mathematician John Nash" (12/29/01). -- Listen to Ron Howard, director of the movie A Beautiful Mind, talk with NPR's Robert Siegel (12/26/2001).

Schiller, Lori

The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness (1996)

Scholinski, Daphne 

The Last Time I Wore a Dress (1998)

Shawn, Allen

Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life (2007)
Listen to an interview with the author on Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

Stryron, William 

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness (1992)

Lie Down in Darkness (1992)

Vonnegut, Mark

The Eden Express (1984, to be republished in November 2002)

Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America: A Memoir